Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Patelloidea > Family Patellidae > Genus Patella

Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Patella*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Ansates*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1839	synonym
*Costatopatella*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Helcion (Ansates)*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1839	synonym
*Patellastra*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Patina*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Ansates pellucida*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Helcion (Ansates) pellucidus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Helcion gracile*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Helcion pellucidum*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Patella bimaculata*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Patella coeruleata*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Patella cornea*	Helbling, 1779	synonym
*Patella cypridium*	Perry, 1811	synonym
*Patella fusca*	Landt, 1800	synonym
*Patella intorta*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Patella laevis*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Patella mytiliformis*	Schröter, 1786	synonym
*Patella pellucida var. oblonga*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Patina pellucida*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: blauwgestreepte schaalhoren

English: blue-rayed limpet sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Durchscheinende Häubchenschnecke; Durchscheinende Napfschnecke; Durchsichtige Napfschnecke

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Silva, C. M. da; Landau, B. M.; Domènech, R.; Martinell, J. (2006). Pliocene Atlanto-Mediterranean biogeography of Patella pellucida (Gastropoda, Patellidae): Palaeoceanographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 233(3-4): 225-234.
additional source	Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.
additional source	Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11(1): 138-156.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147459